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Recent Research

• The key to brain health: Light but frequent exercise March 25, 2019
• Erratum to “Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease—An emerging role for gut microbiome” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2019;15:76-92.] March 21, 2019
• Study links severe gum disease to raised dementia risk March 20, 2019
• Light and sound therapy may boost brain function March 19, 2019
• Alzheimer’s disease: An eye test could provide early warning March 18, 2019
• The effects of 7-week cognitive training in patients with vascular cognitive impairment, no dementia (the Cog-VACCINE study): A randomized controlled trial March 17, 2019
• Does eating mushrooms protect brain health? March 15, 2019
• Impact of Helicobacter pylori and/or Helicobacter pylori–related metabolic syndrome on incidence of all-cause and Alzheimer’s dementia March 11, 2019
• A randomized clinical trial to evaluate home-based assessment of people over 75 years old March 11, 2019
• Vascular risk factors tied to brain health March 11, 2019
• Could sleep apnea be a risk factor for Alzheimer’s? March 11, 2019
• The role of age on tau PET uptake and gray matter atrophy in atypical Alzheimer’s disease March 7, 2019
• Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of neurodegeneration, synaptic integrity, and astroglial activation across the clinical Alzheimer’s disease spectrum March 7, 2019
• Failure to detect an association between self-reported traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology and dementia March 6, 2019
• This sleep disorder puts people at ‘very high risk’ of Parkinson’s March 6, 2019
• How does exercise impact cognitive function in Parkinson’s? March 5, 2019
• Emerging cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease March 4, 2019
• Parkinsonism in MCI or mild Alzheimer’s disease March 1, 2019
• Brain arterial dilatation and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease March 1, 2019
• Excessive daily TV at older age tied to poorer memory March 1, 2019
• MIND not Mediterranean diet related to 12-year incidence of cognitive impairment in an Australian longitudinal cohort study February 27, 2019
• ALS: New technique prevents toxic protein deposits in cells February 27, 2019
• Alteration in sleep architecture and electroencephalogram as an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease preceding the disease pathology and cognitive decline February 25, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: ‘Holy herb’ extract shows promise as future treatment February 22, 2019
• How language shapes our brains…and our lives February 22, 2019
• The unexpected dangers of gum disease February 22, 2019
• What are the early signs of dementia? February 21, 2019
• Incidence of dementia after age 90 in a multiracial cohort February 20, 2019
• Ethnoracial differences in Alzheimer’s disease from the FLorida Autopsied Multi-Ethnic (FLAME) cohort February 18, 2019
• Diabetes and Alzheimer’s: What’s the link? February 17, 2019
• Hospitalization, surgery, and incident dementia February 15, 2019
• Study finds new cognitive decline mechanism in Alzheimer’s February 15, 2019
• Inflammation in midlife hastens cognitive decline February 15, 2019
• Staging biomarkers in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease by estimated years to symptom onset February 14, 2019
• GeneMatch: A novel recruitment registry using at-home APOE genotyping to enhance referrals to Alzheimer’s prevention studies February 13, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: How do tau tangles grow? February 12, 2019
• Clinical and cortical decline in the aphasic variant of Alzheimer’s disease February 11, 2019
• Genetic origin of a large family with a novel PSEN1 mutation (Ile416Thr) February 8, 2019
• Blood-clotting protein contributes to Alzheimer’s February 7, 2019
• Does education really protect against dementia? February 7, 2019
• Erratum to “Circulating metabolites and general cognitive ability and dementia: Evidence from 11 cohort studies” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2018;14:707-22.] February 5, 2019
• Early versus late MCI: Improved MCI staging using a neuropsychological approach February 5, 2019
• Dementia: Could gut bacteria play a role? February 1, 2019
• Alzheimer’s disease and glaucoma: Look-alike neurodegenerative diseases January 31, 2019
• Dementia: The worrying ‘rise of pseudomedicine’ January 31, 2019
• Hearing loss and cognitive decline: Study probes link January 30, 2019
• Longitudinal study of hearing loss and subjective cognitive function decline in men January 29, 2019
• Mild cognitive impairment: Reducing blood pressure can lower risk January 28, 2019
• How gum disease could lead to Alzheimer’s January 26, 2019
• Even low-level activity may help reduce dementia risk January 25, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: Could targeting this mechanism reverse memory decline? January 23, 2019
• Alzheimer’s blood test detects brain damage years before symptoms January 22, 2019
• Stool transplants from ‘super donors’ could be a cure-all January 22, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: What leads to brain cell damage? January 21, 2019
• Leaky blood vessels may trigger Alzheimer’s January 21, 2019
• Stress may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease January 18, 2019
• Experimental drug may prevent Alzheimer’s disease January 16, 2019
• A lack of deep sleep could indicate Alzheimer’s development January 14, 2019
• Exercise can help fight off Alzheimer’s, but how? January 11, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: 9 new genetic risk factors found January 10, 2019
• Predicting diagnosis and cognition with 18F-AV-1451 tau PET and structural MRI in Alzheimer’s disease January 9, 2019
• Nutrient in mother’s diet may help fight Alzheimer’s in offspring January 9, 2019
• Candida infection can reach brain and impair memory January 7, 2019
• Artificially low mild cognitive impairment to normal reversion rate in Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative January 2, 2019
• Genetic screen in a large series of patients with primary progressive aphasia December 29, 2018
• What were the most intriguing medical studies of 2018? December 21, 2018
• 6 months of exercise may reverse mild cognitive impairment December 21, 2018
• Alzheimer’s: Study zeroes in on brain’s weakest link December 20, 2018
• Type 2 diabetes and cognitive decline: Study finds link December 17, 2018
• Subjective cognitive decline and rates of incident Alzheimer’s disease and non–Alzheimer’s disease dementia December 13, 2018
• Perspectives on ethnic and racial disparities in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: Update and areas of immediate need December 13, 2018
• Future of Alzheimer’s therapy: What is the best approach? December 10, 2018
• A new blood test could help diagnose Alzheimer’s December 8, 2018
• Dementia: Gene study boosts search for treatment December 4, 2018
• Editorial Board December 4, 2018